A HOMELESS teen behind a string of burglaries in Wrexham has been locked up.

Two pensioners were among James Owen Jones’ victims.

The 19-year-old – who has WXM tattoed on his arm – was handed an 18 month detention and training order at Mold Crown Court, sitting in Chester.

Judge Philip Richards said Jones was responsible for a spate of offences when he was already subject to community orders. The burglary at the elderly couple’s home in Borras Park Road in December, as they slept, was a particularly unpleasant offence.

Jones – who admitted stealing a camera from his brother’s home – asked for seven other burglaries and two motor vehicles offences to be taken into consideration.